Tuesdays with Dorie: Chockablock Cookies

This week, the Tuesdays with Dorie bakers are baking up a drop cookie chock full of good stuff! Thanks to Mary of Popsicles and Sandy Feet for selecting Chockablock Cookies for us.

Chock full of goodies!

What I did:

Made half the amount.

Omitted the nuts

Used dried apricots and dried cranberries for the dried fruit.

Substituted agave syrup for molasses because I don’t care for molasses.

How it went: Drop cookies! Easy!

How it tasted: I liked the “stuff” in the cookies – chocolate, dried fruit, coconut. But the cookie texture was kind of rubbery and not very flavorful – I’ll take the blame for that though, since I didn’t use molasses. I’m sure I turned these cookies into something they weren’t supposed to be. My husband wasn’t enthusiastic about these, especially the texture. But hey, we’re eating them. They’re cookies!

Well, they look great! I made a half a batch as I just wasn’t sure how all those things in one cookie was going to go over…WHAT WAS I THINKING???? The boys inhaled them and wanted more. That will teach me…just trust Dorie!

Oh, I hate to hear that they were rubbery! I used the molasses, and honestly, if I hadn’t made them, I wouldn’t have been able to identify the molasses flavor. You could in the batter, but not in the finished cookie.

I’m not a huge cookie fan so I purposely included mix-ins I don’t like so I wouldn’t mindlessly eat these. They seem to be getting lots of raves though so I sort of wish I had tried them 🙂 Sorry they weren’t a hit at your house.